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Infrastructure
Opinion: ‘Responsive Teaching’ Has Never Been More Important, or Harder

I once walked into a second-grade classroom where the teacher, Mrs. Johnson, was introducing a new concept. Within a few minutes she knew where every one of her students stood. She gauged their understanding based on...

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Technology & AI
Austin Mayor Releases Plan to Prevent Texas from Taking Over the School District

In an effort to keep the Austin school district independent, Mayor Kirk Watson is pushing to close two chronically-failing middle schools that triggered the state’s takeover law. He’ll need parents’ help to do it....

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Budget & Finance
Opinion: What Dolly Parton Taught Us About Early Literacy

Dolly Parton left behind an extraordinary body of music, storytelling and philanthropy. Yet for those of us who work in literacy, her most consequential legacy is the millions of books that arrived at children’s homes...

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
Two Denver school board members accused of policy violations call for an independent investigation

Denver school board members Amy Klein Molk, DJ Torres, Xóchitl Gaytán, and Marlene De La Rosa attend a board meeting in December 2025. Torres is one of two board members demanding an independent investigation.

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
Court order: Lindsey Cornett is back on the ballot for IPS school board

A court returned Lindsey Cornett to the ballot for IPS school board after the Marion County Election Board removed her. She's running to represent District 4.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
IPS to stop using Enroll Indy, drawing criticism from charter school leaders

Indianapolis Public Schools will no longer use the citywide enrollment platform Enroll Indy. The change starts with the application cycle for the 2027-28 school year that begins in November.

EdSource
Technology & AI
California OKs long list of options for training teachers in early literacy

The State Board of Education approved 31 early literacy professional development options for teachers, another step toward implementing early literacy reforms passed by the Legislature last year.

K-12 Dive
Technology & AI
IRS tax plan could imperil college finances, Moody’s says

If institutions lose their tax-exempt status over diversity efforts, they could face a loss of gifts and higher borrowing costs among other hits, analysts said.

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Policy & Legislation
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Oklahoma HB 1775 But Narrows Its Meaning

OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal appeals court has upheld and limited the interpretation of a controversial Oklahoma law impacting public school teaching on race and gender. In a split decision Wednesday, the Tenth Circuit...

EdSource
Leadership
San Juan Unified enrollment drop is 4 times larger than expected

San Juan Unified expected a modest enrollment drop this year as district officials planned for about 300 fewer students than last year. The drop was much steeper — 1,200 fewer students enrolled. San Juan Unified in...

EdSource
Technology & AI
ICE detains immigrant parents near children’s San Diego elementary school

The parents of a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old were detained near the children’s elementary school in San Diego Unified School District on Wednesday, shortly after morning drop-off. The arrest happened around 8:45 a.m....

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Technology & AI
Report: How Gen-Z Views School and What a Sense of Belonging Means to Them

When a 20-year-old New Yorker recently reflected on her high school experience, she said the things she learned weren’t “very helpful to where I am now.” “I don’t really think most of my classes that I took in high...

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Technology & AI
Proposed Head Start Changes Could Cut Jobs, Raise Family Costs, Analysis Shows

A little over a month after the Trump administration debuted its proposal to dramatically reduce Head Start standards, a clearer picture is emerging of what those changes might mean for the 1,600 local programs across...

District Admin
Leadership
Vouchers promise students with disabilities a path to private school. Parents say that’s not the reality.

Unlike public schools, private ones generally aren’t required to educate students with disabilities. They often don’t. The post Vouchers promise students with disabilities a path to private school. Parents say that’s...

District Admin
Technology & AI
Boulder school district settles civil rights complaint over antisemitic harassment

Boulder Valley School District will begin to address antisemitic harassment and discrimination in the schools by creating a new executive-level role to handle all Title VI complaints. The post Boulder school district...

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Technology & AI
Opinion: Outcomes-Based Contracting Requires Not Just Accountability, but Partnership

School districts are under increasing pressure to do more with less. Budgets are tightening, academic recovery coming out of the pandemic remains unfinished in many communities, and educators, administrators and parents...

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Your guide to 2026 school board elections in Marion County

10 school districts across Marion County have school board seats on the ballot this November.

Chalkbeat
Budget & Finance
Tennessee kids could see major Meta settlement windfall. How will it be spent?

A Meta settlement that could direct hundreds of millions of dollars to Tennessee child mental health well-being programs is a "once-in-a-generation opportunity," one Tennessee lawmaker says.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Beech Grove school board voter guide 2026: Meet the 3 candidates

Three candidates are running for three seats on the Beech Grove school board this November.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Voter guide 2026: 4 candidates are running for 3 seats on Pike Township school board

Four candidates are vying for three seats on the Pike Township school board this November.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Voter guide 2026: Franklin Township school board race has 7 candidates for 3 seats

Seven candidates are vying for three seats on the Franklin Township school board this November.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township: School board election voter guide

Eight candidates are vying for three at-large seats for the school board of the Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Voter guide 2026: Here’s who is running for Washington Township school board

Two candidates are running unopposed for the Washington Township school board this November.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Voter guide 2026: Here’s who’s running for school board in Wayne Township

Four candidates are running unopposed for Wayne Township School board this November.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Perry Township school board voter guide 2026: Meet the 3 candidates

Three of seven school board seats are up for election at Metropolitan School District of Perry Township, a district located on the south side of Indianapolis.

Chalkbeat
Leadership
Warren Township school board voter guide 2026: Meet the 6 candidates

Six candidates are vying for three seats on the Warren Township school board this November.

Chalkbeat
Policy & Legislation
Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township: School board election voter guide

Lawrence Central High School students work on projects during class on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.

Technology & AI
How Dartmouth’s push for more dialogue improved campus debate and its reputation

Efforts by the Ivy League institution to foster open conversations have helped raise its score with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.

EdSource
Technology & AI
3 takeaways from stories on teens’ reliance on AI for mental health support

Roughly 1 in 5 teens are turning to AI chatbots for mental health support — and that number is only growing.

EdSource
Leadership
Teaching 9/11 to a generation that never experienced it

Twenty-five years later, educators should give students context and space to reflect — not try to re-create the trauma adults remember.